TY  - BOOK
AU  - Berenskoetter,Felix
AU  - Williams,Michael J.
TI  - Power in world politics
SN  - 0415421136
AV  - JZ1310 .P69 2007
U1  - 327.112 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Balance of power
KW  - World politics
KW  - International relations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-306) and index; 1; Thinking about Power; Felix Berenskoetter --; 2; The Concept of Power: A Constructivist Analysis; Stefano Guzzini --; 3; Realist Conceptions of Power; Brian C. Schmidt --; 4; Structural Realism and the Problem of Polarity and War; Joseph M. Grieco --; 5; Power and the Battle for Hearts and Minds: On the Bluntness of Soft Power; Steven Lukes --; 6; Why 'soft Power' Isn't So Soft: Representational Force and Attraction in World Politics; Janice Bially Mattern --; 7; The Power of Persuasion; Richard Ned Lebow --; 8; Contested Credibility: Symbolic Power in British Exchange Rate Politics; Wolf Hassdorf --; 9; Notes on a Soft Power Research Agenda; Joseph S. Nye, Jr --; 10; Reflecting on 'Normative Power Europe'; Thomas Diez and Ian Manners --; 11; Empowerment Among Nations: A Sociological Perspective; Erik Ringmar --; 12; Levels, Spaces and Forms of Power: Analyzing Opportunities for Change; John Gaventa --; 13; On the Transformational Potential of Global Civil Society; Ronnie D. Lipschutz --; 14; Discourses of Power: Traversing the Realist-Postmodern Divide; Jennifer Sterling-Folker and Rosemary E. Shinko --; 15; Theory Meets Practice: Facets of Power in the 'War on Terror'; M.J. Williams
N2  - "This book engages the view that students of International Relations need to break with the habit of defining power in terms of military capabilities of states. Featuring contributions from both upcoming and distinguished scholars, including Steven Lukes, Joseph Nye, and Stefano Guzzini, it explores the nature and location of ?power? in international politics through a variety of conceptual lenses. With a particular focus on the phenomenon of ?soft? power and different types of actors in a globalizing world, fifteen chapters assess the meaning of ?power? from the perspectives of realism, constructivism, global governance, and development studies, presenting discussions ranging from conceptual to practical oriented analyses. Power in World Politics attempts to broaden theoretical horizons to enrich our understanding of the distribution of power in world politics, thereby also contributing to the discovery and analysis of new political spaces. This is essential reading for all advanced; students and scholars of international relations."--Publisher description
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